Simple, for me anyway, though I may be the one who is simple..

The Hurricanes, rumored to be open to a bit of a roster "overhaul", acquire a solid veteran who may be able to replicate his 30 goal season of 2023-24 on Carolina's 2nd line, plays hard and tough, and is very defensively sound, a perfect Brind'Amour type of player. He is six years older than Necas, but in the last few years of his contract, if he helps them win a Cup, he's probably worth it. Because of the age gap, the Flames send along their 2024 3rd round pick as well.

Svechnikov - Aho - Jarvis
Guentzel? - Kuznetsov - Coleman
Drury - Staal - Fast
Comtois/TBD - Kotkaniemi - TBD

The Flames will not be competing for a Cup for the duration of Coleman's contract, so for me it's easy for them, they swap him for a younger right winger who can slide directly into Calgary's top six, and fits in well with their re-tool given he is, or will be, 26 years old (by December 31, 2024).

Sharangovich - Kadri - Necas
Huberdeau - Zary - Kuzmenko
Mangiapane - Backlund - Coronato
Pelletier/Hunt - Rooney - Pospisil

Calgary would have to very seriously consider this especially since Necas is a right shot, has good size and can play center too. Pretty much exactly what Conroy is looking for in a forward.

Between Zary, Sharky and Necas hopefully at least one of them will become a top 6 center.

Conroy seems to really like Eastern European players too, Russians, Belarusians, Slovaks and Czechs. Gotta wonder how much the Flame new Russian scout has to do with that.

There would probably have to be retention on coleman to get them to do this

Coleman is a great middle six player, but Carolina should be looking for first liners

Coleman is a 3rd liner who puts up 30-40 points a year. This last year is an outlier. Missing a lot of value going to Carolina